Do your parents remember your birthday? ---What gift do they usually give you 2)Background information See courseware )(25 minutes) a. Important birthdays in the West b. Traditional birthday celebration in Western countries. While-reading Tasks(90 minutes 1. Ask ss to scan the text and then finish the true or false exercise 1) The old lady got up early that day simply because she was in the habit of doing so 2) The old lady had two daughters: Myra, the one she was proud of, and Enid, the one she loved 4)Enid worked as an school teacher and lived with her mother until she died aged 3)The old lady was proud of Myra as she had got a medal for her work for the 5) The old woman was sure that Myra would come to see her since eighty was a special 6) The boy downstairs ran to the gate and got the post for her 2. Ss find the topic sentence for each of the last 5 paragraphs of the text. (8 minutes) 3. Ss work in pairs and take turns to ask and answer content questions on P54 in the textbook(27 minutes) 4. Writing Characteristics:(20 minutes) The text is an argumentation. The author raises the question at the very beginning and then gives his reasons why he loves to be a teacher. The article is well-organized as a whole. The language of the article is simple and easy; the structure is clear, simple and logical with various rhetoric devices such as pun, metonymy and parallel structure. Pun is a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power. Various parallel structures used in this article make the language concise, rhythmical and forceful Language points 1) Key Words and phrases: primary operate efficient content to do sth. arrange for leave out earn one's livin 2) The difference ofAmerican English and British English BE AE check Autumn P sidewalk6 --- Do your parents remember your birthday? ---What gift do they usually give you? 2) Background information （See courseware）(25 minutes) a. Important birthdaysin the West. b. Traditional birthday celebration in Western countries. While-reading Tasks (90 minutes) 1. Ask ss to scan the text and then finish the true or false exercise. 1) The old lady got up early that day simply because she was in the habit of doing so. 2) The old lady had two daughters: Myra, the one she was proud of, and Enid, the one she loved. 3) The old lady was proud of Myra as she had got a medal for her work for the aged. 4) Enid worked as an school teacher and lived with her mother until she died. 5) The old woman was sure that Myra would come to see her since eighty was a special birthday. 6) The boy downstairs ran to the gate and got the post for her. 2. Ss find the topic sentence for each of the last 5 paragraphs of the text. (8 minutes) 3. Ss work in pairs and take turns to ask and answer content questions on P54 in the textbook. (27 minutes) 4. Writing Characteristics: (20 minutes) The text is an argumentation. The author raises the question at the very beginning and then gives his reasons why he loves to be a teacher. The article is well-organized as a whole. The language of the article is simple and easy; the structure is clear, simple and logical with various rhetoric devices such as pun, metonymy and parallel structure. Pun is a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power. Various parallel structures used in this article make the language concise, rhythmical and forceful. Language points 1) Key Words and Phrases: primary compel operate efficient content to do sth. arrange for leave out earn one's living 2) The difference of American English and British English B.E A.E Billion trillion Cheque check Autumn fall Pavement sidewalk